Multiple loops - Workaround WordPress

Daniele Raimondi answers:

You just need to do 2 loops for each category, one for the most viewed and one to show the last 3 posts.

For the last 3 posts
<?php
$catquery = new WP_Query( 'cat=3&posts_per_page=3' );
while($catquery->have_posts()) : $catquery->the_post();
?>
<ul>
<li><h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

<ul><li><?php the_content(); ?></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>
Just change cat id in the WP_QUERY, or you can use category_name parameter and use the category slug instead of category ID, as stated here
[[LINK href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters"]]http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters[[/LINK]]

For the most viewed without a plugin you can take a look here
[[LINK href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-track-popular-posts-by-views-in-wordpress-without-a-plugin/"]]http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-track-popular-posts-by-views-in-wordpress-without-a-plugin/[[/LINK]]

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Liam Bailey answers:

Hi Howie,

You dont need to do 16 queries, only 4 using get_posts. get_posts() uses almost all the same arguments as WP_Query but it stores an array of post objects. So, above the column break you would do:
$posts_cat_a = get_posts('cat=4');
//where cat = id of Category A from your example, or use a tax_query and use its slug, whatever way you want to achieve it
$i = 0;

while($i <=1) { //show 2 posts
?><h2><?php echo $posts_cat_a[$i]->post_title; ?>
<a href='<?php echo get_permalink($posts_cat_a[$i]->ID); ?>><?php echo $posts_cat_a[$i]->post_title; ?></a><?php
}
//and so on for the rest of the columns and then after the column break just do

$i = 2;
while ($i < count($posts_column_a)-1) {
<h2><?php echo $posts_cat_a[$i]->post_title; ?>
<a href='<?php echo get_permalink($posts_cat_a[$i]->ID); ?>><?php echo $posts_cat_a[$i]->post_title; ?></a><?php
}



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Just Me answers:

Just a tip on coding.
In coding it is best not to repeat yourself (the DRY principle - Don't Repeat Yourself)

If you have just 4 categories you could do something like

<?php
$category_ids = get_all_category_ids();
foreach($category_ids as $cat_id) {
//your code goes here, using $cat_id where the id of the category is needed
}
?>

If you have more than 4 categories but only want 4 of them included in this page you can replace

$category_ids = get_all_category_ids();

with

$category_ids = array(1,3,8,7);

Sabby Sam answers:

Hi Haurs,
I Have done the same thing with one of my project, below is the example
It pull the article with the given query query_posts('featured_area=1&posts_per_page=1'); from the template file <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/recent-cat.php'); ?>
I have done the same thing with alternate way,
by writing down the some function in function.php.
It display four different article, I could show you the live site, if you need I will pm you.

<div id="from-categories" class="clearfix">
<?php $last = false; ?>
<?php $headingColor = 'orange'; ?>
<div class="recent-cat first">
<?php $cat_option='thesource_home_cat_one'; ?>
<?php $tcatname=(esc_html(get_option($cat_option))); ?>
<?php $category_id = get_cat_ID( $tcatname );
$category_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
?>
<?php query_posts('featured_area=1&posts_per_page=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/recent-cat.php'); ?>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div> <!-- end .recent-cat-first -->

<?php $headingColor = 'green'; ?>
<div class="recent-cat">
<?php $cat_option='thesource_home_cat_two'; ?>
<?php $tcatname=(esc_html(get_option($cat_option))); ?>
<?php $category_id = get_cat_ID( $tcatname );
$category_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
?>
<?php query_posts('featured_area=2&posts_per_page=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/recent-cat.php'); ?>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div> <!-- end .recent-cat -->

<?php $headingColor = 'light-blue'; ?>
<div class="recent-cat">
<?php $cat_option='thesource_home_cat_three'; ?>
<?php $tcatname=(esc_html(get_option($cat_option))); ?>
<?php $category_id = get_cat_ID( $tcatname );
$category_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
?>
<?php query_posts('featured_area=3&posts_per_page=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/recent-cat.php'); ?>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div> <!-- end .recent-cat -->

<?php $headingColor = 'blue'; ?>
<div class="recent-cat last">
<?php $last = true; ?>
<?php $cat_option='thesource_home_cat_four'; ?>
<?php $tcatname=(esc_html(get_option($cat_option))); ?>
<?php $category_id = get_cat_ID( $tcatname );
$category_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
?>
<?php query_posts('featured_area=4&posts_per_page=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/recent-cat.php'); ?>
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div> <!-- end .recent-cat -->
</div> <!-- end #from-categories -->

Krum Cheshmedjiev answers:

I would suggest my plugin [[LINK href="http://krumch.com/2012/09/27/kc-taxonomy-list/"]]KC Taxonomy List[[/LINK]]. It works both by [short codes] and functions, you will need only to set templates. And queries...

Abdelhadi Touil answers:

Hi.
For the "most viewed/popular poast" do you use a specific plugin for display views posts? Or you want to display most popular post by comments?
For other sections they are simple, we can just use a custom WP_Query with "offset" argument to split the WP_Query before and after the ads section.

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